That's a dire title and maybe it's a bit over stated but I have a way of occasionally sinking into one of these moods. I don't do this spontaneously but it is usually a combination of things. Tonight it consists of the Christmas season, having no relationship, thinking about it and watching absolutely the wrong movie. I have a real talent for choosing the wrong movie for the moment and I did it tonight. I found myself on the verge of tears. The movie wasn't sad it was just the wrong movie for how I was feeling. I was sad or sad enough that the movie touched me in the wrong way. I am now sitting here feeling like I need to break out in full tears. Sigh! This too will pass... I hope.
Peace and as always my Love,
Shel
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
OMG!
OMG! I am sorry to have neglected this blog so long. I could use the excuse that I was busy and I was, but I wasn't THAT busy. The truth is that I have been working more at things that involve the computer and this means I use the computer less for recreation. When I was working doing Computer Networking Training I seldom used the computer outside of work. Today I am working a lot at photography and since the cameras are now digital I post process with the computer. I am also doing some professional work on Blogs so this seems to take a back seat these days. When I was recovering from Cancer and the after effects of Chemo this was one of my few outlets.
Let's catch up a bit. My father turned 99 on Sept. 1st. Can you imagine that? He was born September 1, 1911 in Granite City, Illinois. He was the youngest child and is the only survivor of his brothers and sisters. His brother's wife, Aunt Naomi, died this past summer at the age of 102. She was totally invalid, but my father lives on his own and still drives. I visit him every other week and bring home cooked food for him. This past visit I brought him home cooked split pea and ham soup. I must say it was good!
I have been well, mostly. This week the arthritis in my back has bothered a bit. Speaking of arthritis, my knees are bothering me a lot these days. I want to walk more, but it begins to hurt after a while. I guess there are a few down-sides to growing older. My granddaughter is thriving out in Arizona, along with her parents. They are doing well and seem to be very happy. I talk with them on Skype whenever I can. My other two sons were caught up in the closing of the Shaw's Super Market chain in Connecticut. They are still looking for jobs. The economy stinks!
This is about enough for now. I will try to be more faithful at blogging. You all be well.
Love,
Shel
Let's catch up a bit. My father turned 99 on Sept. 1st. Can you imagine that? He was born September 1, 1911 in Granite City, Illinois. He was the youngest child and is the only survivor of his brothers and sisters. His brother's wife, Aunt Naomi, died this past summer at the age of 102. She was totally invalid, but my father lives on his own and still drives. I visit him every other week and bring home cooked food for him. This past visit I brought him home cooked split pea and ham soup. I must say it was good!
I have been well, mostly. This week the arthritis in my back has bothered a bit. Speaking of arthritis, my knees are bothering me a lot these days. I want to walk more, but it begins to hurt after a while. I guess there are a few down-sides to growing older. My granddaughter is thriving out in Arizona, along with her parents. They are doing well and seem to be very happy. I talk with them on Skype whenever I can. My other two sons were caught up in the closing of the Shaw's Super Market chain in Connecticut. They are still looking for jobs. The economy stinks!
This is about enough for now. I will try to be more faithful at blogging. You all be well.
Love,
Shel
Monday, July 19, 2010
Paen to my Big Black Dog
Just about 13 years ago my ex partner and the kids and I brought home a little black Labrador puppy. He was soon named Scout and joined our family. He grew from a puppy to an adult and though a large dog he was always gentle and friendly. He had a loud bark and terrified anyone who visited, but truth be known, he was harmless. He had a great disposition. He grew up with the boys (three of them) and was a friend not only to us (his people), but to the two Beagles and to the cats (there were many and various.)
Scout was enthusiastic and loving. About six years ago I moved out of the house. Scout stayed with my ex, but I still thought of him as my dog. Whenever I visited he greeted me cheerfully, I was not forgotten. As he aged he had developed gray hair so he was no longer all black.
Last week, Scout became unable to walk. His rear legs became paralyzed. My son and I took him to the Vet. Apparently, it is common for large dogs to have spinal and hip degeneration in old age. Scout could no longer be himself. He couldn't go out and run as he once had loved to do. He couldn't control himself. The decision was hard but Scout's final moments were with my son and I.
What can I say about a good dog other than I will miss him. He was part of my family and I loved him. I sure hope there is a doggie heaven and that Scout is with Lady and Max, the beagles who were his companions for so many years. Goodby Scout!
Love,
Shel
PS: This wasn't really a classical paen because it wasn't a song. It was meant to be a tribute, and in that sense, I believe it is a paen.
Scout was enthusiastic and loving. About six years ago I moved out of the house. Scout stayed with my ex, but I still thought of him as my dog. Whenever I visited he greeted me cheerfully, I was not forgotten. As he aged he had developed gray hair so he was no longer all black.
Last week, Scout became unable to walk. His rear legs became paralyzed. My son and I took him to the Vet. Apparently, it is common for large dogs to have spinal and hip degeneration in old age. Scout could no longer be himself. He couldn't go out and run as he once had loved to do. He couldn't control himself. The decision was hard but Scout's final moments were with my son and I.
What can I say about a good dog other than I will miss him. He was part of my family and I loved him. I sure hope there is a doggie heaven and that Scout is with Lady and Max, the beagles who were his companions for so many years. Goodby Scout!
Love,
Shel
PS: This wasn't really a classical paen because it wasn't a song. It was meant to be a tribute, and in that sense, I believe it is a paen.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Doing Something -Gulf Disaster Relief
Yesterday I took a large number of pictures of an event designed to help bring relief to the people of the Gulf coast who's lives have been so greatly affected by the Oil Disaster. Yes, I call it a disaster! Untold quantities of oil have been released in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. That oil has to go somewhere! It is currently going to the shore of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. It is almost certain to affect a much greater area in the near future. We will be dealing with the effects of this disaster for many years to come I am sure.
I group of people, musicians and others, have started a project to privately raise funds for Disaster Relief. This project called "Give to the Gulf" had a press release event yesterday and that is the event I photographed. I will put up some of the photos on a separate page. Look for the tab at the top of the page. I will tempt you with one here.
This young singer named Jackson has contributed his talents and music to help in the Relief effort. For the web site of Give to the Gulf go to http://www.givetothegulf.org. You can find some of Jackson's music there to download from itunes. The small price you will pay will all go to relief efforts in Louisiana and the area with the help of the United Way of Louisiana. Musicians can contribute their talents by adding their music to the music to be downloaded and there is a link on the site for that.
I am in New England which is far from the Gulf but I hope to do my little bit to help those effected by the great and terrible oil release in the Gulf. Visit the site and download a tune or two. For a news report follow this link to NBC 30 News.
Another News Channel, WTNH in New Haven put up a video report.
Love,
Shel
I group of people, musicians and others, have started a project to privately raise funds for Disaster Relief. This project called "Give to the Gulf" had a press release event yesterday and that is the event I photographed. I will put up some of the photos on a separate page. Look for the tab at the top of the page. I will tempt you with one here.
I am in New England which is far from the Gulf but I hope to do my little bit to help those effected by the great and terrible oil release in the Gulf. Visit the site and download a tune or two. For a news report follow this link to NBC 30 News.
Another News Channel, WTNH in New Haven put up a video report.
Love,
Shel
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Loose Some Weight (Give to the Gulf)
There is all kind of weight. What I am feeling and have been feeling for a while is weight in my soul. To understand a little about this weight follow this link. I had to use a link because I don't have any of my own pictures to use and I didn't want to steal someone else's picture. It's a picture of an oil soaked Pelican from the Gulf Coast and the article speculates on whether it is better to save animals so stricken or to kill them. Which would be more humane? The oil (can one really call this a spill?) disaster in the Gulf of Mexico just tears me apart. I feel for he animals that are damaged and killed. I feel for the people whose lives and livelihoods have for ever been changed (maybe even destroyed.) It all weight very heavy on my soul.
I think the great weight comes from a real feeling of helplessness. I also feel rage! It just seems that one stupid move follows another. Money and technology seem to be useless. Don't get me going on the way politicians are behaving! Members of Congress apologizing to the Oil Company? Get real!
There is going to need to be a relief effort in the Gulf area and possibly in other areas (dare I mention the possibility of damage to the East Coast of the US and maybe damage as far away as the coasts of Europe?). People's lives have been changed and there is going to be a continuing need for clean-up (can there ever be a real cleanup from something like this?)
Someone local here in Connecticut is trying to do something to help in the relief effort. Some Musicians and others have mounted a effort to put their Music up on the Web for sale through itunes with the proceeds going totally to the Gulf Relief Effort. This is a wonderful thing for these people to do! The effort is called "Give to the Gulf" and you can find their web site by following the link or going to www.givetothegulf.org.
Buying a few tunes from itunes can make a difference. Music can sooth the soul and these pieces of music might just lighten your soul a bit.
Love,
Shel
I think the great weight comes from a real feeling of helplessness. I also feel rage! It just seems that one stupid move follows another. Money and technology seem to be useless. Don't get me going on the way politicians are behaving! Members of Congress apologizing to the Oil Company? Get real!
There is going to need to be a relief effort in the Gulf area and possibly in other areas (dare I mention the possibility of damage to the East Coast of the US and maybe damage as far away as the coasts of Europe?). People's lives have been changed and there is going to be a continuing need for clean-up (can there ever be a real cleanup from something like this?)
Someone local here in Connecticut is trying to do something to help in the relief effort. Some Musicians and others have mounted a effort to put their Music up on the Web for sale through itunes with the proceeds going totally to the Gulf Relief Effort. This is a wonderful thing for these people to do! The effort is called "Give to the Gulf" and you can find their web site by following the link or going to www.givetothegulf.org.
Buying a few tunes from itunes can make a difference. Music can sooth the soul and these pieces of music might just lighten your soul a bit.
Love,
Shel
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Car Woes ETC
I have spent most of the week stranded at home. Monday, while driving, I lost the transmission in my car. The car had no reverse and I made it home and ultimately to the dealership by going forward only. Much money and several days later and many missed events I am back on the road. It's was such a strange and helpless feeling to be without a car. I literally felt trapped and I guess I was. Hopefully everything is fine now. My car isn't all that old but does have 201,000 miles on it. Other than the transmission things all work. I hope that I am not jinxing myself by this statement. Thinking positively, I am now good to go! (I just looked for pictures of my car. The only ones I could find were taken in a snow storm. I am so not putting them up now in June!)
There isn't much etc. I am on the committee for the Connecticut Gay and Lesbian film Festival. The Festival just finished. It was great, but it also was a great deal of work. It was fun, but I am glad for the rest from it. We have two months off and then we start preparing for the next one. It is a LOT of work.
We have a new Bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. So far things seem positive with him. It is clear that he has a far different style that the previous Bishop. I liked the previous Bishop, but a Bishop with a Different way of viewing things isn't exactly bad. He is very new to his job so time and experience will tell the tale. The new Bishop is the Rt Rev. Dr Ian T, Douglas, PhD. He is the 15th Bishop of Connecticut in the Episcopal Church. I am listing the previous Bishops:
1 Samuel Seabury
Diocesan Bishop, 1784-1796
2 Abraham Jarvis Diocesan Bishop, 1797-1813
3 Thomas Church Brownell Diocesan Bishop, 1819-1865
4 John Williams Bishop Coadjutor, 1851-1865
Diocesan Bishop, 1865-1899
5 Chauncey Bunce Brewster
Bishop Coadjutor, 1897-1899
Diocesan Bishop, 1899-1928
6 Edward Campion Acheson Suffragan Bishop, 1915-1926 Bishop
Coadjutor, 1926-1928
Diocesan Bishop, 1928-1934
7 Frederick Grandy Budlong Bishop Coadjutor, 1931-1934
Diocesan Bishop, 1934-1951
8 Walter Henry Gray Suffragan Bishop, 1940-1945
Bishop Coadjutor, 1945-1951
Diocesan Bishop, 1951-1969
Robert McConnell Hatch
Suffragan Bishop, 1951-1957
9 John Henry Esquirol Suffragan Bishop, 1958-1969
Diocesan Bishop, 1969-1971
10 Joseph Warren Hutchens
Suffragan Bishop, 1961-1971
Diocesan Bishop, 1971-1977
11 Morgan Porteus Suffragan Bishop, 1971-1976
Bishop Coadjutor, 1976
Diocesan Bishop, 1977-1981
12 Arthur Edward Walmsley Bishop Coadjutor, 1979-1981
Diocesan Bishop, 1981-1993
William Bradford Turner Hasting Suffragan Bishop, 1981-1986
Jeffery William Rowthorn Suffragan Bishop, 1987-1993
13 Clarence Nicholas Coleridge Suffragan Bishop, 1981-1993
Diocesan Bishop, 1993-1999
14 Andrew Donnan Smith Suffragan Bishop, 1996-1999
Diocesan Bishop, 1999-2010
James Elliot Curry Bishop Suffragan, 2000
Wilfrido Ramos-Orench Bishop Suffragan, 2000-2006
Laura Jean Ahrens, Suffragan Bishop, 2007-
15 Ian T. Douglas
Diocesan Bishop, 2010 -
Connecticut is the oldest Diocese in the United States. Samuel Seabury was the first Bishop in the United States and began the line. Before that The Episcopal Church was the Church of England. The naming changed with the American Revolution and the churches as well as the countries split. I by the way was ordained by Bishop Hutchens, who ordained me for the Bishop Rhode Island. I was canonically resident in Rhode Island but working in Connecticut.
We are experiencing several days of Thunder Storms. I am trying to stay dry. You do too.
Love,
Shel
There isn't much etc. I am on the committee for the Connecticut Gay and Lesbian film Festival. The Festival just finished. It was great, but it also was a great deal of work. It was fun, but I am glad for the rest from it. We have two months off and then we start preparing for the next one. It is a LOT of work.
We have a new Bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. So far things seem positive with him. It is clear that he has a far different style that the previous Bishop. I liked the previous Bishop, but a Bishop with a Different way of viewing things isn't exactly bad. He is very new to his job so time and experience will tell the tale. The new Bishop is the Rt Rev. Dr Ian T, Douglas, PhD. He is the 15th Bishop of Connecticut in the Episcopal Church. I am listing the previous Bishops:
1 Samuel Seabury
Diocesan Bishop, 1784-1796
2 Abraham Jarvis Diocesan Bishop, 1797-1813
3 Thomas Church Brownell Diocesan Bishop, 1819-1865
4 John Williams Bishop Coadjutor, 1851-1865
Diocesan Bishop, 1865-1899
5 Chauncey Bunce Brewster
Bishop Coadjutor, 1897-1899
Diocesan Bishop, 1899-1928
6 Edward Campion Acheson Suffragan Bishop, 1915-1926 Bishop
Coadjutor, 1926-1928
Diocesan Bishop, 1928-1934
7 Frederick Grandy Budlong Bishop Coadjutor, 1931-1934
Diocesan Bishop, 1934-1951
8 Walter Henry Gray Suffragan Bishop, 1940-1945
Bishop Coadjutor, 1945-1951
Diocesan Bishop, 1951-1969
Robert McConnell Hatch
Suffragan Bishop, 1951-1957
9 John Henry Esquirol Suffragan Bishop, 1958-1969
Diocesan Bishop, 1969-1971
10 Joseph Warren Hutchens
Suffragan Bishop, 1961-1971
Diocesan Bishop, 1971-1977
11 Morgan Porteus Suffragan Bishop, 1971-1976
Bishop Coadjutor, 1976
Diocesan Bishop, 1977-1981
12 Arthur Edward Walmsley Bishop Coadjutor, 1979-1981
Diocesan Bishop, 1981-1993
William Bradford Turner Hasting Suffragan Bishop, 1981-1986
Jeffery William Rowthorn Suffragan Bishop, 1987-1993
13 Clarence Nicholas Coleridge Suffragan Bishop, 1981-1993
Diocesan Bishop, 1993-1999
14 Andrew Donnan Smith Suffragan Bishop, 1996-1999
Diocesan Bishop, 1999-2010
James Elliot Curry Bishop Suffragan, 2000
Wilfrido Ramos-Orench Bishop Suffragan, 2000-2006
Laura Jean Ahrens, Suffragan Bishop, 2007-
15 Ian T. Douglas
Diocesan Bishop, 2010 -
Connecticut is the oldest Diocese in the United States. Samuel Seabury was the first Bishop in the United States and began the line. Before that The Episcopal Church was the Church of England. The naming changed with the American Revolution and the churches as well as the countries split. I by the way was ordained by Bishop Hutchens, who ordained me for the Bishop Rhode Island. I was canonically resident in Rhode Island but working in Connecticut.
We are experiencing several days of Thunder Storms. I am trying to stay dry. You do too.
Love,
Shel
Thursday, May 13, 2010
A Beautiful Day
It has been a beautiful day in the midst of an otherwise wet and chilly week. I took advantage of the great weather and took some pictures which you can see eventually at the Old Soul's Cemetery Blog site. For now just trust me, it has been a great day.
I visited with a friend and we had lunch together. I hadn't seen her for about a year, so there was a lot of catching up to do. The good news is that she is well and happy. Her work situation is a bit tense, but she is in a position where that is common. I got home a short time ago and fixed a computer problem for a friend. It's amazing what a little research can do. So many solutions to computer problems can be found on the internet! I probably shouldn't give away the secret, but I have anyway. It does take some knowledge to understand and apply the fixes!
This is just a quick note on a very nice day. I hope your day is wonderful!
Love,
Shel
I visited with a friend and we had lunch together. I hadn't seen her for about a year, so there was a lot of catching up to do. The good news is that she is well and happy. Her work situation is a bit tense, but she is in a position where that is common. I got home a short time ago and fixed a computer problem for a friend. It's amazing what a little research can do. So many solutions to computer problems can be found on the internet! I probably shouldn't give away the secret, but I have anyway. It does take some knowledge to understand and apply the fixes!
This is just a quick note on a very nice day. I hope your day is wonderful!
Love,
Shel
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